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NA prepares bill to prevent 'price cut lawsuit' gimmicks

By Lee, Jeong-Hwan | translator Alice Kang

21.06.03 16:53:29

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Focuses on retrieving reimbursement benefits after loss of a drug pricing suit

Various NA Health and Welfare Committee members including Woni Kim, Insoon Nam, Jaekeun In, etc. are ¡°reviewing¡± a bill


A bill to prevent pharmaceutical companies from filing administrative suits for the purpose of evading or delaying drug price cut dispositions made by the government is expected to be introduced at the National Assembly.

The bill will prevent the recurrence of cases similar to the suspended execution of drug price cuts ruling for the brain function enhancer choline alfoscerate, which has been a hot issue since last year¡¯s NA audit.

An official from Woni Kim¡¯s office of the NA Health and Welfare Committee explained, ¡°The avoidance of drug price cuts and reimbursement suspensions by companies is an issue that every Health and Welfare Committee member should pay attention to. We are pre

Lee, Jeong-Hwan(junghwanss@dailypharm.com)
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